Andrew Hamilton, Prebend of Kilskeery

Biography

Church of Ireland Clergy

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"HAMILTON, ANDREW (d. 1691), rector and prebendary of Kilskerry, was probably son of Andrew Hamilton, M.A., who was collated in August 1639 to the rectory and prebend of Kilskerry, co. Tyrone, and the rectory of Magheracross, co. Fermanagh, which he held until 1661 (Bradshaw, Enniskillen Long Ago, p. 122).

Andrew Hamilton, 'jun.' (Cotton), was admitted to priest's orders on 7 Aug. 1661, and graduated M.A. at an unknown date and university. He was collated to the union of Kilskerry and Magheracross 4 April 1666, in succession to James Hamilton.

He took an active part in the measures of self-defence adopted by the protestants in Ireland under James II, and lost heavily by the wanton destruction of his property. In August 1689 he was sent by the governor and officers of Enniskillen as their agent to King William and Queen Mary, with a certificate stating that Hamilton had been a member of their association from its inauguration on 9 Dec. 1688:

that he had raised a troop of horse and a company of foot that a force under the Duke of Berwick had burnt his houses in ten villages, and carried off over a thousand cows, two hundred horses, and two thousand sheep from him and his tenants that he had lost his private estate and church living, worth above 400l. a year, and now in the enemy's power

and that he had been a 'painful and constant preacher' during his tenure of the prebend of Clogher.

His name appears in the 'List of the Persons Attainted in King James's Parliament of 1689 in Ireland' as 'Andrew Hamilton of Magherycrosse, clerk.'

Having been, as he has stated, 'an eye-witness' of what he describes, and an 'actor therein,' he published a small quarto, entitled 'A True Relation of the Actions of the Inniskilling Men from December 1688, for the Defence of the Protestant Religion and their Lives and Liberties' (London, 1690), and this faithful record has been twice reprinted (Belfast, 1813 and 1864). [1]

He died in 1691, and was succeeded in his benefice by James Kirkwood." [2]

He did not leave a will.[3]

Family

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ANDREW HAMILTON: — Canon Hamilton (Prebend of Kilskeery) became Kerog's 29th Rector on 11th July 1681. His mother was Rebecca Galbraith. His father was Rev. Andrew Hamilton (b. 1613). Canon Hamilton had married Isobel Galbraith in 1661. His son Galbraith Hamilton was a Minor in 1693, and his daughter Isobel married George Holmes of Lislooney in King's County.71 Hamilton was Preacher, Soldier, and Historian …

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hamilton-2307 cites

1. A true relation of the actions of the Inniskilling-men : from their first taking up of arms in December, 1688. for the defence of the protestant religion, and their lives and liberties by Hamilton, Andrew, d. 1691; Story, George Warter, d. 1721, inscriber, former owner . Publication date 1690 Archive.Org
2. Wikisource entry for Re Andrew Hamilton https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Hamilton,_Andrew_(DNB00)
3. http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/dw/IRE_DIOC_007246588_00151...
4. Being an account of the Clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Clogher by Rev James B Leslie M.A., M.R.I.A. 1920 page 66-67 Archive.Org

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilskeery Kilskeery (from Irish: Cill Scíre)[1] is a small village and civil parish in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is between Ballinamallard and Trillick. In the 2001 census it had a population of 57 people. Kilskeery is within the Omagh District Council area.